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To: dumbmoney who wrote (86993)	8/19/1999 3:55:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<This is big news IMHO> Not really. The graphics market is already accelerating too fast for newcomers like Intel to catch up, particularly when you have experienced guys like nVidia, 3dfx, Matrox, and S3 already working overtime to outdo each other. That leads to margins that are too small for Intel's stand-alone graphics accelerators, making it a prime candidate for the axe. Besides, Intel is still integrating graphics for the 810 chipset, as well as for the upcoming Timna. As long as the graphics on these products are faster than those that are normally included in the sub-$800 PC price range, Intel is fine. Tenchusatsu

To: dumbmoney who wrote (86993)	8/19/1999 4:04:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 186894

Intel retreats from graphics chips news.com This is big news IMHO Yes, it shows that INTC knows when to get out of a business it can't make money at, unlike some of its competitors. Of course, they also did that 20-some years ago when they decided to concentrate on processors instead of DRAM. It was big news for them back then, too.